Florida USA-1973: A Peaceful Night With A Beautiful Sunset

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Year1973
Decade1970s
LocationFlorida, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD

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A Peaceful Night With A Beautiful Sunset — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1973, this vintage home movie captures a tranquil Florida sunset through a dreamy purple-tinted lens. Silhouetted pine trees dominate the foreground, their dark forms contrasting against a glowing, hazy sky. The camera pans slowly, revealing a distant shoreline and a palm tree swaying gently in the breeze. The footage exhibits classic Super 8 grain and color shifts, evoking a nostalgic, serene atmosphere perfect for documentaries, editorial content, or retro-themed projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Night
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 125582416

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1014 · Super 8 · 7″ reel
Reel-level year note: 1973-1974
Reel-level location note: florida
Date: 1973 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Florida, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s Florida 8mm home-movie sunset footage suited to documentary inserts, place-setting transitions, or reflective memory sequences.
Period detail: The frames show a 1973 home-movie view with silhouetted coastal trees, a palm, and purple color shift rather than identifiable landmarks or datable public details.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an unstaged visitor perspective, lingering on trees, sky, and shoreline as the handheld camera drifts during a quiet sunset.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include dark pine silhouettes, a pale sunset sky, distant water or shoreline, a low sandy foreground, a palm tree, and handheld motion blur.
Film character: The 8mm image carries visible grain, soft focus, purple-blue color fading, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement typical of scanned home-movie film.
Edit role: An editor could use it as a Florida evening cutaway, a transition into a reflective scene, or a brief visual memory beat between more informational shots.
Historical context: The footage reflects a casual 1970s coastal leisure view, emphasizing atmosphere and landscape rather than documented public events or identifiable people.
Research note: No people, logos, or brands are visible in these frames, but copyright, location permissions, and any broader reel context should be reviewed separately.
Research search match: Useful search matches include 1973 Florida 8mm sunset, vintage coastal home movie, silhouetted trees at dusk, and purple faded Super 8 shoreline footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with shots from the same reel, then other 1973 Florida material, then broader 1970s coastal sunset, palm, shoreline, or home-movie landscape clips.

Still Frames From This Clip

1973 Florida 8mm frame showing silhouetted coastal trees against a hazy purple evening sky. — Silhouetted trees stand against a faded purple sunset sky.

1973 Florida home-movie frame with dark trees, low shoreline forms, and a glowing purple sky. — Trees and shoreline shapes are silhouetted at dusk.

1973 Florida 8mm frame showing trees and posts near a sandy coastal foreground at sunset. — Posts and trees appear in silhouette near a sandy shoreline.

1973 Florida home-movie frame with a blurred palm and trees during handheld sunset panning. — A palm and nearby trees blur during a handheld pan.

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